bob
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they bob | |
he / she / it bobs | |
past simple bobbed | |
past participle bobbed | |
-ing form bobbing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move or make something move quickly up and down, especially in water (使在水中)上下快速移動,擺動 an old cigarette packet bobbing along in the current 順水流擺動漂走的舊香煙盒 - bob up and down
Tiny boats bobbed up and down in the harbour. 小船在港灣中颠簸。 - bob something (up and down)
She bobbed her head nervously. 她緊張地不斷點頭。 The maid bobbed a curtsy. 女仆行了個屈膝禮。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- slightly
- about
- …
- bob up and down
- [transitive] bob something
to cut somebody’s hair so that it is the same length all the way around Topics Appearancec2把(頭發)剪成短頭發 More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs
Word Originverb sense 1 late Middle English: of unknown origin. verb sense 2 late Middle English (denoting a bunch or cluster): of unknown origin.